Thousands log into service, access music in first week
University Park, Pa. -- One week into Penn State's groundbreaking launch of the Napster music service, company representatives and students will come together to review the impact of the service, discuss its features and look ahead to its future at the University.
Since the service was launched to approximately 17,000 on-campus resident students last Monday in a semester-long pilot program, thousands of students registered for the service during the first week, which is provided at no additional cost to them.
Now that Penn State students have had a week to experiment with Napster and tap into its library of more than half a million songs, the company is coming to the University Park campus to demonstrate all the features of the service and gather feedback. Napster's Larry Linietsky, senior vice president for business development, and Chris Siess, senior producer, will host the 90-minute sessions in the HUB-Robeson Center's Heritage Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The demonstrations will provide students a forum to ask questions, contribute suggestions and learn more about Napster's features and the initiative launched by Penn State. No registration is necessary, and students can drop in for all or part of the presentations.
The University plans to open the Napster service to all 83,000 Penn State students statewide by next fall, following review of student usage and feedback during the current pilot program.